This time, the Difference Engine explicitly stated that it was a "Formless Art."
[Spirituality Pressure] was Vanessa's talent, not an art. The only Formless Arts Elliot possessed were [Secret Art; Trigger] and [Secret Art; Overdraw], along with the ritual-type [Ritual; Wrong Door].
None of these had anything to do with the eyes.
As for the ability to keep one's eyes from being injured...
"Dorothea could use this. Attacks on her mirrors carry over to her eyes, but Vanessa... doesn't seem to encounter that sort of situation."
In battle, Dorothea was almost always taken out when someone directly attacked the mirror surface while she was peering through it, injuring the eyes she had attached to it.
Vanessa was different. When someone tried to hurt her eyes, she was usually more inclined to hit them with a blast of [Spirituality Pressure]. Who would hurt whom was far from certain.
"This ability is strong, sure, but it doesn't seem like much of a fit... If only Dorothea could choose it." Elliot sighed.
Dorothea would practically be invincible if she chose it. Her mirrors were extensions of her eyes, so wouldn't that mean her mirrors couldn't be damaged either?
Elliot looked back at the first talent, which was also the one that gave him the most pause.
How much this [Analysis] could analyze, and whether the information it provided would be useful, were both unknowns.
On the optimistic side, the Difference Engine's analytical capabilities were certainly powerful enough.
But the Difference Engine had always been stingy with information. If all the information he obtained was already visible on its interface, wouldn't that be a waste?
"Still, this ability might have the highest ceiling."
Elliot murmured to himself.
After all those twists and turns, Elliot had come to realize that the information the Difference Engine